Word: pied
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...across the desert with the British troops all the way past Tobruk-dodging Nazi bombs with them and sharing their bully beef and the dusty taste of victory. In contrast, he flew back to Cairo in six hours in a British bomber whose crew fed him chicken and ham pie and fresh fruit...
...staffed with 60 A.W.V.S. girls to aid service men in the selection of Christmas gifts. While shopping the men get free cookies, cigarets, out-of-town newspapers, magazines, lounging space, game tables and buying advice. For 5? a portion they can get (from a 30-ft. bar) coffee, apple pie, Coca-Cola, milk and Scotch broth, served by singing waitresses. Filene's in Boston introduced self-service in its gift-wrapping department, invited buyers to take a tray, register for payment, do their gift wrapping themselves at a 40-ft. counter...
...last week three budget-worried Kansas City housewives-whose husbands earn $125 to $250 a month-tested a week's menus they got from OWI. The plan called for 2½ lb. of meat for each adult, somewhat less for children: lamb roast and pie, pork chops, Swiss steak, bacon, fish...
...Production Requirements Committee, which at last possesses the basic facts on the size of the scarce materials pie, will slice it into seven pieces-for Army, Navy, Maritime Commission, Lend-Lease, BEW, Civilian Supply and Charles Edward Wilson's new aircraft scheduling unit...
...they did last year when Holyoke was blighted with drought, Harvard undergraduates have again offered to help the girls satiate their hunger. A new organization known as the "We share the Vittles Club" has offered to split the last 36 barrels of chicken pie family style with the Holyokites...